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Gotham (2014)
Mediocre
I'll start off by saying that I am huge comic fan and was very much looking forward to this show. However, after seeing it I have to admit that it just doesn't deliver. It basically takes the awesome world of Batman and turns it into a mediocre police show. What is the point of a show that takes the supporting cast of the comic world and makes them the central theme. Also it screws up the time line. In the future when Batman is at his prime I guess he is fighting a 60 something Penguin? The whole deal with Catwoman being his childhood pal is ridiculous as well. They're trying to change the history of Batman so that there is filler material for this boring show.
Mulaney (2014)
Who thought this was a good idea??
I'll start off by saying that I am huge John Mulaney fan. His stand up special New in Town is hilarious and one of my all time favorites. So when I heard he was getting his own show I was pretty excited. The thing that kills this show is the format. Multi camera shows with a studio audience/laugh track are old school. They are painful to watch in this day and age. The only way to get past this is for everything else to be so awesome that this sin can be forgiven. Unfortunately, it falls short here. Again though I blame the format. If you watch his stand up you can see that he is quick and has a certain flow to his humor. The multi camera strategy of say something funny, pause, cue laughter, and repeat feels very un-natural and does not mesh with his style.